New Delhi: The Delhi Development Authority being repeatedly attacked over its wrong address policy, the Government body has issued notice to its senior officials to more careful in finalizing applications. The developmental body has asked its officials to contact the CBI directly if they found any wrong doing in the selection.

The notice has a set of new norms for dealing with claims produced under the wrong address policy.

DDA drafted the policy in November 2002, after a Delhi High Court verdict in which it was decided that all cases in which the allotment letter is sent at wrong address despite change have been confirmed by the allottee leading to cancellation. The allottee   should be given a flat at the same price in the given location and no interest will be charged.  The DDA has since been prone to controversies in allotment under this policy.

In some cases, allottee alleged against the authority of not providing them flats despite receiving all the desired documents. There are many charges of corruption and involvement of dealers in the authority.

The last case against the DDA came in July this year when crores were wrongly drawn during the allotment of 150 flats at 10/15 years old rate but being put off at current market rates. The CBI investigated the matter and filed three separate cases. Various cases were filed in the court against DDA for not allotting property to the original owner after submitting all the documents.

The new notice has asked the officials to get the verification of the claimant’s papers done in a forensic lab to make sure every thing is in order. DDA will also make sure that flats once assigned are not put on sale within five years of allotment.